SPRING 2009 INTRODUCTIONS
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*HOLD ON MY FRIEND (Carpenter, '09) (24”-MRe-7”-Ev) – RADIANT MAGIC X LONNIE LEROY CARPENTER – Here is a flower with
an impressive and extremely hot tropical orange base color with a somewhat
deeper hot orange eye and bright golden-yellow throat. The strong five-way
branched scapes have 22 buds on them that open into large seven inch flowers of
brilliant intensity. Some visitors get quite excited by the neon hot tropical
color shown in this flower as it is certainly a different and bright color.
HOLD ON MY FRIEND is an attention getter in the garden setting wherever
it is growing. Fertile both ways. Value $100 SF
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*JITTERBUG JESSIE (Carpenter, '09) (28”-MRe-5.5”-Ev) – ROSES IN SNOW X TET PARTY PINAFORE – These flowers look so
lively and have so much going on in their faces that they needed a name
expressing that idea. Jitterbug seemed appropriate for the description. The
flowers have a base color of crème which is boldly marked with large red-orange
eyes which appear beautifully on both the petals and sepals. There is a detail
of the crème color that juts well into the center of the red-orange eye in the
center of each petal which enlivens the beauty of the flower. JITTERBUG
JESSIE has striking green throats in the flowers which brings beautiful
contrast with the bright red-orange eyes. Flowers have three-way branching with
up to 36 buds and are fertile.
Value $65
SF
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*JUST A WHILE LONGER (Carpenter, '09) (24”-MRe-5.5”-Ev) – ROSES IN SNOW X TET PARTY PINAFORE - HAPPY CHARMER was a
real winner and so is this sister to it. JUST A WHILE LONGER has an
intense rose color in the centers of the petals which are beautifully bordered
with a broad soft pink color which clearly reveals its background relationship
with diploid version of PARTY PINAFORE. This cultivar has three-way branching
with 27 buds and visitors who see this one often stay JUST A WHILE
LONGER. Fertile both ways.
Value $75.00 SF
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*MOUNT HERMAN SONATA (Carpenter, '09) (27”-MRe-6.75-Ev) –EDGE OF HEAVEN X MARK ALAN CARPENTER – This cultivar is an
outstanding garden performer. The basic color of yellow makes for a notable
accent of color in the garden setting. MOUNT HERMAN SONATA has moderate
ruffling and slight tinges of bronze blended toward petal edges. The rich yellow
color of the petals yields to a more intense yellow-green as it enters the green
throat. MOUNT HERMAN SONATA has four-way branching with 29 buds and is
fertile.
Value $50.00 SF
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*MOUNT HERMAN YELLOW GREEN GLOW (Carpenter, '09) (26”-MRe-6”-Ev) – LIFTING ME HIGHER X J.T. DAVIS – This flower is unrivaled in
its brilliance of color in the garden. I suspect its infusion of green will help
in the work toward the green edges. The large six inch flowers are displayed
beautifully on three-way branched scapes with 27 buds on them. The flowers are
flat-faced with copious and tighter ruffling on the petal edges. Fertile.
Value $75.00 SF
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*PERSIAN ART (Carpenter, '09) (29”-MRe-6”-Ev) – 02Le X WARRIOR VICTORIOUS – This cultivar has one of the most
pleasing color schemes going for it that I have seen in these colors. The base
color of these large flowers is magenta-purple. Bold lavender water-marks that
are delicately etched around with a deeper lavender color blend into a
chartreuse to very green throat. PERSIAN ART repeats the harmony in the
watermarks above with bold lavender edges on the petals that change into gold
edges around the tips of the petals and yellow edges on the sepals. PERSIAN
ART is fertile both ways.
Value $150.00 SF
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*RENEE BLASCHKE (Carpenter, '09) (17”-MRe-6”-Ev) – (I SEE YOU X TET CRANBERRY EYED PICOTEE) X 99P 63T – Josie’s
CRANBERRY EYED PICOTEE is a wonderful parent. It has given this cultivar its
heritage of a beautiful cranberry-rose color. RENEE BLASCHKE brightens up
any location in the garden with its large, six inch, rich cranberry-rose color
and bold rose-red eyes and edges. It is a great garden performer with scapes
having four-way branching with twenty-five buds. Fertile. Value $50.00 SF
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*THE WHOLE WORLD SINGS (Carpenter, '09) (29”-MRe-5”-Ev) - UNENDING MELODY X (9KEE X T.LAVENDER BLUE BABY) – Wow! What a
beautiful and interesting color scheme is seen in this one. The heavily ruffled,
red edge is given great personality with the very special manner in which it
colors out into the petals. With one parent as MAGICAL MELODY it is not
surprising why one wants to sing when they see this baby. THE WHOLE WORLD
SINGS has three-way branching with eighteen buds. There is great personality
to this distinctive and fertile cultivar. Limited.
Value $100 SF
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*TONY HOUSEMAN (Carpenter, '09) (25”-MRe-6.5”-Ev) – AMERICA’S MOST WANTED X (TET DENA MARIE X SDLG.) – I
consider myself very fortunate to have known the late Tony Houseman, the
very special person for whom this daylily is being named. He was a gentleman,
and scholar, and his philanthropy and generosity have been well known throughout
the Southeastern Region of Texas. I will never forget Tony’s exuberance and
joyful delight as we rode the golf cart looking at the daylilies. He was
especially fond of this particular daylily. TONY HOUSEMAN is blessed with
strong four-way branched scapes that have up to 30 buds. The flowers are yellow
and have an open flat-face form and are large and extravagantly ruffled with
diamond dusting. The diamond-dusted, ruffled edges have a frosty sparkle to them
and brighter highlights of yellow and sometimes slight touches of green in them.
TONY HOUSEMAN has wonderful substance and some corduroy effect rising
from a very green throat that harmonizes beautifully with the rich golden-yellow
color of the flowers. It is fertile both ways.
Value $175 SF
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*WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE KING (Carpenter, '09) (24”-MRe-6.5”-Ev) – TET SDLG X TET SDLG – What a splash of regality is given by
this outstanding garden performer. The royal colors were suggestive for the
name. The lavender-blue watermarks in these flowers are magnificently accented
by the chartreuse to neon green throats. WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE KING has
a basic royal purple color with petals that are beautifully ruffled and which
have gold edges. The 24” scapes are strong with 3-way branching and 28 buds.
Fertile both ways Value $75 SF
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2008 Fall Releases Available
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*BEAUTY OF THE EMPIRE (Carpenter, '08) (25”-MRe-7”-Ev) – What an impressive assertion is made by this very large 7”
flower. The overall impact color is a bright fire engine red. The clarity of the
red has been passed down from the pollen parent, IT IS FINISHED. Both petals and
sepals are bright red and have a lighter red washed eye marking on them. This
lighter washed eye passes into a yellow to lovely green throat. The scapes are
three-way branched with 29 buds and the plant is fertile both ways. Value $100 SF
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*BETTIE LOUISE PRINCE (Carpenter, '08) (28”-EMRe-7”-Ev) – (DIA. & PEARLS X M. HERMAN MARVEL) X (FREE AS THE WIND X
TET ROYAL PINK TWIST) – For those who like the dip, ROYAL PINK TWIST, you are
likely to love this new tet that comes out of RPT’s conversion. Strong, four-way
branched scapes support large 7”, heavy substance flowers and have 33 buds. The
wide open flowers have lovely fluting and ruffling with lovely green throats.
The flowers bloom early and repeat giving a long bloom period. We are pleased to
release BETTIE LOUISE PRINCE and think you will really like it for the
grace and beauty it brings. It is named for an ardent daylily lover and dear
friend. Fertile both ways. Value $100 SF
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*HAPPY CHARMER (Carpenter, '08) (20”-EmRe-5.5”-Ev) – ROSES IN SNOW X TET PARTY PINAFORE – Here is a bi-color of
great charm and beauty with very interesting color patterns. The sepals contrast
well with the petals and are a very soft baby pink in color. The petals are a
much deeper rose pink bordered with a medium pink color. There is a deeper halo
mark in the throat that surrounds the bright green throats. The 4-way branched
scapes are strong and have 35 buds. HAPPY CHARMER gives a delightful
color splash to the garden and certainly has distinction. Fertile both ways. Value $85 SF
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*MABEL MATTHEWS (Carpenter, '08) (30”-EMRe-6.5”-Ev) – T-01-37 x BELLE COOK – These large 6.5” flowers make an
impressive show of beauty with their very special and distinctively singular
color of pastel pink. This cultivar has very strong three-way branched scapes
with 23 buds that display the flat-faced flowers beautifully. The very special
pink color of the flowers is accented beautifully with a soft yellow edging and
this same color blends from the petals into the lovely green throats. MABEL
MATTHEWS has been awaited by many and is named for a very lovely lady and
daylily friend. The cultivar is easily fertile both ways. Single fans. Value $100 SF
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*MAGENTA GLORY (Carpenter, '08) (24”-MRe-6.25”-Ev) – PALACE GARDEN BEAUTY X JAY FARQUHAR - This flower might
pass for purple, but I think purple-magenta is perhaps the best way to describe
the color. MAGENTA GLORY has three way branching and 19 buds and
repeating scapes that have large 6.25” flowers. The purple-magenta flowers have
a pastel lavender watermark that surrounds a soft yellow- green into green
throat. Petals are edged in a soft yellow. Value $100 SF
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*ORANGE DYNAMITE (Carpenter, '08) (23”-EMRe-7”-Ev) – BILL NORRIS X UNKNOWN - For over five years we have been
saying, “No, not yet” in response to our customer’s inquiries on this lovely,
bright and intense, ruffled, orange daylily. For those wanting an advancement in
the bright orange colored daylily- this is it. The name ORANGE DYNAMITE
aptly describes this one as its large 7” bright orange flowers give explosive
accent in the garden landscape. The scapes have 22 buds and the cultivar
repeats. Value $100 SF
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*OUR FRIEND MARLOW (Carpenter, '08) (27”-MRe-6.5”-Ev) – HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE X LONNIE LEROY CARPENTER – What
a beautiful harmony of colors are presented in this large, very ruffled flower.
The soft pink sepal color harmonizes beautifully with the slightly deeper color
of the petals. OUR FRIEND MARLOW has a very soft yellow blend of yellow
around the flower petal edges providing an elegant accent to the flowers. The
scapes are strong and three-way branched with 23 buds and they repeat. The
cultivar is fertile both ways.
Value $100 SF
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*PRINCELY PROMISE (Carpenter, '08) (24”-EMRe-6.5”-Dor) – JAY FARQUHAR X LONNIE LEROY CARPENTER – This is a large
6.75” flower that presents a beautiful accent of purple color in the garden
setting. It has been a very good performer over the last four years. It has two
way branching and 15 buds and repeats. Fertile both ways.
Value $75 SF
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*ROYAL GILDED MAJESTY (Carpenter, '08) (23”-MRe-6.5”-Ev) – RED LOVELINESS X JAY FARQUHAR - This cultivar makes a bold
presentation and displays extravagant, royal elegance with its velvety purple
color, heavy substance and gorgeous gold ruffled edges. When it first bloomed as
a seedling I knew immediately that this was going to be a winner. It is also
proving itself as a wonderful parent. The flowers are of the heaviest texture
with diamond dusting and have that thick pile effect reminding one of purple
velvet. The scapes are strong and stocky with 4-way branching and as many as 33
buds. It is easily fertile both ways and a wonderful parent. Single fans only.
Value $175 SF
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*SEMAC (Carpenter, '08) (24”-MRe-7”-Ev) – SUPREME EMPIRE X MARK ALLEN CARPENTER - When this cross was
made the anticipation was for a large 7” flower with sculpting in it. The genes
combined in such a way as to give a beautiful very smooth flower that has
substance that is thick and wax-like and extremely heavy. The name SEMAC
was a take on the abbreviation of the two parent’s names. SEMAC is always
open and flat-faced and has very large flowers of a bright golden color. The
flowers often take on an unusual form with sepals extending far beyond the
petals when it first starts blooming. The scapes have 3-way branching with 19
buds. This is a wonderful flower with bold and assertive presence in the garden.
SEMAC is fertile both ways with pods more difficult.
Value $150 SF
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